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Abia governor rejects plans to build cattle colonies

- The governor said the state doesn't have enough land to build colonies
As controversy surrounding herdsmen attacks continue in the country, the Abia state governor, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu, has rejected the federal government's plan to build cattle colonies for herdsmen in the state.

Ikpeazu, in a statement released and signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Enyinnaya Appolos, said the state doesn't have enough land and it would be unfair to take land from the people to build colonies for hherdsmen

The statement read: "We reject any plan to establish cattle colonies for herdsmen in Abia state.
“We don’t have enough land for our agricultural activities and our people want more land.
“Giving away any part of Abia land as a colony to herdsmen, wherever they may be from, will be most unjust and unfair treatment to Abia state and her people who are largely farmers.”
“So the best thing I think we should do is to reject such plans so that those behind it will know that Abia state is not party to it.”

converged in Enugu on Thursday, January 11, over the menace constituted by suspected herdsmen across the country with a decision that the Miyetti Allah cattle breeders be declared terrorists.
The conference of south-east, south-west, south-south and north-central political leaders was attended by former governors Cornelius Adebayo, Ikedi Ohakim, Jonah Jang and Olusegun Mimiko; former Secretary of the Government of the Federation (SGF), Olu Falae, son of former President Nnamdi Azikiwe, Uwakwe Azikiwe; Banji Akintoye, a professor, and former minister, Femi Fani-Kayo

The cases, according to the coalition, are in form of abduction, wanton extortion, torture and harassment of law-abiding, unlawful detention and random killing of innocent Nigerians by SARS operatives.
The coalition made this known in a statement issued on Wednesday. Jointly signed by its members, the statement the coalition warned the Police authorities during its protest on 11 December 2017 that would start losing patience with SARS after 21 days.
#EndSARS #ReformPoliceNG noted that nine days after the expiration of its ultimatum, the Police authorities are yet to take any genuine step to scrap SARS. It equally noted that the Senate and House of Representatives have been indifferent.
“In fact, we can confirm that the brutality of these uncouth SARS operatives has grossly exacerbated, to say the least, since the #EndSARS #ReformPoliceNG campaign begun. Between December 2017 and now, we have collated over 250 new cases,” said the coalition.
On 9 January, said #EndSARS #ReformPoliceN…

“On behalf of O’tega and Adjogbe, I ended up quarrelling with political friends and associates of mine I had known ever before I met them”, he said.
“When APC started in Delta, it had no voice and I gave it the most committed and pronounced voice imaginable, making enemies of erstwhile political associates for the benefit of those two ingrates.
“For APC, I fought Governor Okowa, fought Tompolo. For O’tega and Adjogbe, I fought all manner of foes only for the ingrates to turn around and stab me in the back.
”I thank God for bringing me back to base. APC is a party of pathological liars, backstabbers and famished men out to milk Delta State and Nigeria dry

The Court of Appeal , Lagos Division, on Friday upheld the decision of the Federal High Court in Lagos , which ordered the interim forfeiture of a sum of $5. 9m found in Mrs . Patience Jonathan ’ s Skye Bank account .
The appellate court , in a lead judgment by Justice Mojeed Owoade , threw out the ex -President ’ s wife ’ s appeal challenging the forfeiture of the funds to the Federal Government .
It held that the appeal lacked merit.
Justice Mojisola Olatoregun of the Federal High Court in Lagos had, in April last year , ordered the temporary forfeiture of the funds after the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission argued that the money was reasonably suspected to be proceeds of fraud .
Apart from Patience ’ s personal account with $5. 9m , the judge also froze a number of accounts linked with her including an Ecobank account with a balance of N 2. 4bn opened in the name of one La Wari Furniture and Bath Limited .
But efforts to secure an order for the permanent forfeiture of the…